In my research, I focus on the analysis of speech and language from behavioral and tDCS interventions in participants with PPA and Alzheimer’s disease, and on the analysis of data from language, cognitive and quality of life evaluations using machine learning and natural language processing.

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Current Research Projects

Apr 2018 – March 2019: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, USA. Postdoctoral Research Fellow. In this project, I focus on the analysis of speech data from behavioral tests and interventions in participants with PPA and Alzheimer’s disease.

Dec. 2015 – Jan. 2019: Department of Swedish, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Researcher. My research aims to identify important linguistic, mainly phonetic and phonological markers in individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, which can be used as a complementary for a timely diagnosis of these conditions. I was a post-doctoral researcher at Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP, PI Prof. Emer. Shalom Lappin): the aim of this research is the multi-factorial study of speech and texts using machine learning applications and natural language processing.